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I've been playing around with Clarity, a smart contract language developed by Blockstack, for a while now. With the help of Clarity, developers can write smart contracts, predict exactly how their smart contracts will be executed, and host secure smart contracts on a decentralized network maintained by developers themselves. Before I started digging into it, I had zero knowledge about smart contracts — I was pretty much a noob, and I still don't know how Solidity works (need to learn that, too). But Clarity seems easy for me to get my hands on coding — the language is readable — just like reading and writing a short paragraph, and most importantly, I'm having fun :) So far I've done a few simple tests, and hopefully, I can build something more complex very soon especially after Stacks 2.0 launches.
Blockstack is launching its Stacks 2.0 Blockchain within 10 days, which means people can use the Bitcoin blockchain as a secure base-layer that brings dapps and smart contracts to Bitcoin through a new consensus mechanism (Proof-of-Transfer) that runs between the Bitcoin blockchain and the Stacks chain, unlocking new innovation and a new way to earn Bitcoin.
"The first chain to implement PoX (Proof-of-Transfer) is Stacks 2.0, the latest version of the Blockstack chain, which derives its security from Bitcoin. This means that participants in the Stacks 2.0 consensus earn BTC. And Stacks 2.0 has direct access to Bitcoin state and can trigger logic in Clarity smart contracts through changes in Bitcoin state. Clarity itself provides important innovations, such as being decidable for dramatically increased security and assured performance." -- Albert Wenger, managing partner at Union Square Ventures
That being said, the Stacks 2.0 launch will be just the beginning of an exciting new era for the Blockstack / Stacks community and for crypto broadly as developers begin to leverage Stacks to build a user-owned internet on Bitcoin.
If you're a developer interested in learning more about Stacks 2.0, feel free to register for the Stacks 2.0 Launch Event for free and hear straight from the Stacks crew, featuring leading industry experts: Anthony Pompliano and more. And they will have special announcements and a limited edition swag giveaway, too!
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